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Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1987.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82469 Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu Bothma, Jacobus du P. Theron, G.K. Klingelhoeffer, Ekkehard Walther UCTD elephant ecology Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1987. The climate, surface water, soil nutrients, vegetation composition and the dependence of the local people within the study area on these environmental components and various aspects of the ecology of the Tongaland elephants, were examined. The objective was to provide a management plan for a future elephant reserve. It was established that a resident elephant population including breeding herds, existed in Tongaland. An attempt was made to explain the differences in local movement of the elephants during wet and dry seasons, and movement across the Mozambique-Natal border. It appears that the availability of surface water, food, and the presence of people determined elephant movement and distribution. After determining elephant habitat requirements and the dependence of the local people on the resources in the study area, boundary proposals for an elephant reserve were made, which should ensure the co-existence of the human and elephant population, in Tongaland, KwaZulu. Animal and Wildlife Sciences MSc Unrestricted 2021-11-02T10:19:34Z 2021-11-02T10:19:34Z 2021 1987 Thesis * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82469 © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD elephant ecology Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title | Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title_full | Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title_fullStr | Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title_short | Aspects of the ecology of the elephant Loxodonta africana (blumenbach, 1797), and a management plan for the Tembe elephant reserve in Tongaland, KwaZulu |
| title_sort | aspects of the ecology of the elephant loxodonta africana blumenbach 1797 and a management plan for the tembe elephant reserve in tongaland kwazulu |
| topic | UCTD elephant ecology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82469 |